DNA Function & Structure

                                                           DNA Function & Structure
                                                                  By:Khalilah Morris 



DNA is a molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, live and reproduce.These instructions are found inside every cell, and are passed down from parents to their children.

DNA is made up of molecules called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a phosphate group, a sugar group and a nitrogen base. The four types of nitrogen bases are adenine , thymine , guanine and cytosine . The order of these bases is what determines DNA's instructions, or genetic code. The order of nitrogen bases in a DNA sequence forms genes which in the cell, tells cells how to make proteins. Another type of nucleic acid, ribonucleic acid, or RNA, translates genetic information from DNA into proteins. 

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